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A ooNUNDRUM. -s'Conundrum Guess it if you can, And AaII mo John the anayver-

O0NUNDRUMs
 stConundrum Guess it if you can,
 And tell me, John, the answer
 Wherein O. clumsy printer man 6F
 Is like an honest dancer ?''
 1T have it, Jane!'' .'You haven't, though,
 I'd make dozen bets."
 "One of them sets the forms, you know,
 The other forms the sets.,
 ssSharp ahswer, dear, but not the one
 Wrought by my mental caper-
 One of them pays the piper, John,
 The other pies the paperW
 How TO GAIN FLESH AND STRENarH.-Use after each meal Scott's Emulsion it is as palatable as milk, and easily. digested. De it. cate people improve rapidly with it's use For Consumption, Throat Affections and Bron- chitis it is unequalled. Dr. Thomas Prim, Ala says: 1T used Scott's Emulsion on a child eight months old he gained four pounds in a nonth." <fs%e
 Ugly and hateful, but couldn't help it Everything went wrong wfih me, and thought hadn't a friend in the world dyspepsis caused this ,and for months couldn't eat any. thing, and just suffered in misery till used Sulphur Bitters. n hree bottles cured me. -- D. LesOis, 22 Bosodoin Street, Boston, Mass. That feeling of weaTiness, So often experi. enced in the spring, results from sluggish condition of the blood which, being impure, does not quicken with the changing season. Ayers Sarsaparilla, by vitalizing and cleans ing the blood, strengthens and invigorates the system. }s ..st~.g-
 was terrible sufferer with Salt Rheum- preferring death to life. Dr. Kennedy's Fla. vorite Remedy cured me. -Chas. Owen, Iron vile, N. Y. I acknowledge Dr. Kennedy'e Favorite Remedy to be cure for Gravel, and so far as know, the only cure.-J. M. Allen, Charlotte, N. Y. Price $I. Send 2-ceni stamp to Dr. Kennedy, Rondout, N. Y., for 6 book on Kidney, Liver and Blood disorders Mention this paper.
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Some of the smart paragraphists- of Boston l are advising General Paine to name his yacht the "Jackass," because a jackass would have no difficulty in getting away with a Thistle.
 uSKHsNEsss of LIQUOR HABIT, can be CURED by admina teripg DB. HA1nNnss Go1.D1aev sPascfn1o: It can be given in a cup dof coffee or tea without the knowledge of the person aking it, effecting speedy and. permanent cure, whether the patient is moderate drink CT an alcoholic wreck Thousands of drunkards havesbeen made temperate men who khave taken the Golden Specific in their coffee without their know edge, and to-day believe they quit drinking of thefs own free will. No harmful effects results from tr administration. Cnres guaranteed. Send for circu- lar and full particulars. Address in confidence GOLD FEN SPECIFIC Goa 1S5 Race St.. Cincinnati, Ohio.
 Mrs.Ide Hobson-What a lovely prayer. book Mrs. Hehdricks! Is ita presentfrom your husband ? l i.isuA sfya
 Mrs. Hendricks-No won it at the pro- gressive euchre party at Deacon Snith's last week ,,....-.-,-..,.,...-. T
 When firm that has earned reputation for honesty and fair dealing Announces that it will do certain things, no matter how ex- travagant their statements may seem to be, it is but just that before deciding that they are scheming to swindle their patrons, you in vestigate thoroughly their offers and meth ods, do so in the case of B. A. Atkinson & Co.,, and you will be convinced that not only are their statements true, but that it is for your own best interests to patronize them.
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FREE TRADE.-The reduction of internal revenue and the taking of of revenue stamps from Proprietary Medicines, no doubt has largely benefited the consumers, as well as relieving the burden of home ma. ,.ufacturers. Especially is this the case with Greens August F over and Boschee's German Syrup, as the reduction of thirty-six cents per dozen, has been added to increase the s1ze of the bottles containing these remedies, thereby giving one-ffth more medicine in the 75 cent size. The August Flower for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, and the German Syrup for Cough and Lung Troubles, have, perhaps, the largest sale of any medicines in the world. The ad- vantage of increased size of the bottles will be greatly appreciated by the sick and afflict- ed, in every town and village ia civilized countries. Sample bottle for 10 cents remain the same size Y tA gFT Rt}fa. .&@f IF
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Sunset Cox is the same as ever in his buoyant spirits. "I remember" he said, "I was in Trenton, N. J., the night we received the news that the republican party had been defeated Cat the September election) during the Hancock campaign. There was a public meeting at which was to deliver an address. Senator, now Secretary, Bayard preceded me- He made very long speech, which I thought rath. CT tired his auditors. l was to follow him. Just before he closed I received telegram from Maine telling me of the victory. I said to myself, when am called upon to speak will announce, as predatory to my remarks, the good news. When took the rostrum, with the telegram from Maine in my hand, struck anattitude and ex- claimed We've got 'em '
 "Whats that2 came a sepulchral voice from the rear of the hall.
 "Without changing my attitude l re- peated We've got em '
 "Yes,' came the same voice, you have got 'em and got 'em bad. Whats your iquorp
 "You can imagine" said Cox, ''the contretemps of the situation. "-C Cinciaaa- ti EaQetSTcr. ..t ..
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A WE'LL TRIED TREATMENT for Con h sumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Ca tarrh, Hay Fever Headache, Debility, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and all Chronic and Nervous Disorders. "The Compound Oxygen Treatment Drs Starkey & Palen, No. 1529 Arch-st.. Philadelphia have been using for the last seventeen years, is scientific ad- jHstment of the elements of Oxygen and Nitrogen magnehzed, and the compound is so condensed and made portable that itis sent all over the world. Drs. Starey Paien have the liberty to refer to the following well known persons who have tried their treatment
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 mngham Ala : Judge EH. Ps VrOOmam, Quenemo, Kan. mrSs 8ry A. Liver m Ores Melrose, Mass. Judge Ro SoFVOOfIAe eeS, New York City. NIT. E. C. Knight Philadelphia. MHRs Frank SiddaIl. Merchant, Philadelphia. Hon. Ws w. Schuyler Easton, Pa. Edward Ls WilSOms 838 Broadway, N. r., Ed
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sCompound Oxygen-its Mode of Action and Re. suits" is the title of brochure of two hundred pages, published by Drs. Starkey 6 Palen. which gives to all inqurers full information as to this re- markable curative agent and record of several dred surprising cures in wide range of chronic cases-many of them after being abandoned to die by other physicians. Also "Compound Oxygen, its Origin and Deyelopment,u interesting book of one hundred pages. Both or either will be mailed free to any address on application. Read the brochure
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: It is very well remembered that Mumford was hanged in New Orleans in 1862 by Gen. Buffers orders for hauling down the flag on the United States mint, but there is a sequel to that historical fact that has never been published. A few years aftei the war Gen. Butler was a member of con- gress and learned that Mrs. Mumford was in a small Virginia town with her children in an almost destitute condition. A week after that Mrs. Mumford was appointed to clerkship in the interior department. She had no idea where the influence came from that put her in the position, and could not learn. It enabled her Co live comfortably and educate her children.
 With the first change Of administration she lost her place and was in great dis tress. Again the unknown influence came to her, and she was given another place and her salary increased. A year or two afterward by accident she found out who had been her unknown friend. When she found that he was the man she had always Jnsidered the wanton murderer of her husband she had terrible struggle with herself, but at last sought Gen. Butler to thank him. 1t is said the scene between them was a most moving and pathetic ons
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The southern New England M. E. conference issued its list of appointments on Thursday: Delay was caused by the prolonged investigation in the case of Rev. o. l.. Goodell, presiding elder, ap- pointed over B. Edson for the Norwich district, and D. A. Jordan, Providence district. Those known in this vicinity who are returned to their present parishes are E. M. Taylor, Stafford Springs; W. O. Newell, StafFordville J. B. Hawkins, New London; J. H. James, Rockville: J. B. Ackley, Holland J. H. Sherman, Quarry vile Rev. John Pearse goes from Masha- paug to South Coventry.
 Other appointments of local interest are O. w. Holden, Willimantic; s. T. Harri. man, Vernon Asbury Memorial, Provi- dence, G. w. Hunt; Harris Avenue, Prov idence, w. ". Morrison.
 Eastford, East Woodstock, Gurleyville, Hebron, Mashapaug, ,Somers, Square Pond and West Thompson are on the list ssto bt supplied"
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Issued Every Thursday Evening.
FOCAL rOPICs-PRNN,D AND sCIssORED
SOArERS.

5OMEttS.
 AN ART CENTRE. E.-Our town is being characterized as the home of some choice examples of American art Works of rep resentative painters are to be seen here, and it is our pleasure to chronicle, this week, valuable addition to the gallery at "Piedmont." Hon. Fl. R. Kibbe has se- cured, direct from the artists studio, one of those wonderful paintings for which J. G. Brown is so famous, depicting a street gamin or "Arab" in his profession as boot black. As Mr. Brown paints from living models only, and is conscientiously exact in details, these boys thus transferred to canvas become correct counterparts of the originals with which large cities are so fla miliar. The title of the picture is ''Tuck- cred Out" The little boot-black, lily fed, poorly housed, wearied with his days work and oft repeated "Shiue 'em up, sir ?" yields to the demandeAof tired na- ture. Seated upon his boot-box, with head resting against fence or partition out of doors, he falls asleep. Near him lies his cap, which now rests more securely on the ground than on his head, and close to his box are seen the implements of his profession, blacking brush, box of black ing, &c. The pose of the sleeper is true to nature. The entire abandon of the dreaming boy and his peaceful yielding to sleep are depicted with a truthfulness un- excelled and equalled only by nature itself. The artist views it as one of his most sat- isfactory examples.
 J. G. Brown is @ national academician ; was born in England 1881 studied art in New Castle-on-Tyne, and in the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, where he received medal in the antique class, 1853. He also received a medal in Boston, and the first medal in San Francisco, 1877. Mir. Browns professional life for the most part has been spent in New York. He was made a member of the N. A. in 1868 !; was an original member of the Water Color Society in 1866, and has been some years its vice-president. He holds the same of- fee in the Artlst Fund Society.
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AN ACT EsTAB1IsH1NG A. BOROUGH COURT AT srAF- FORD SPRINGS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House oi
 Representatives in General Assembly
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1620 Arch Street, Pt1i1ad'a, Pa.
 A WE'LL TRIED TREATMENT for Con "A sumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Ca tarrh, Hay Fever Headache. Debility Rheumatism Neuralgia, and all Chronic and Nervous Disorders.
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@The desired information was given in a note iron Miss Fnller of Chicopee, published in issue of Apr N. It is hoped that any one having further facts concerning this or any other old Stafford family will give them through The Press.
The Press., 1887-05-05
Mrs.Ide Hobson-What d lovely prayer book Mrs. Hehdricksf Is it a present from

your nusDanu EsZ Il~uN aT.E.
 Mrs. Hendricks-No won it at the pro gressive euchre party at Deacon Smiths last week
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
with leg. ~ithou. joint, and with the

with legs without joint, and with the
tail of a pig; tigers twice the size Of .
lion; the phoenix. sprung from the
suns rays. that lived its life Of five
thousand years in India. and. singing
its own dirge. died in its own nest Of
aromatic herbs hard by the fountains
of the Nile. 1t would be sheer waste
of time to bestow further thought upon
the childish inventions fathered by
Philostratus upon Appollonius of Ty-
ana, or rather upon the journal of his
fellow-traveler. Damis. Quite as little
attention is due Latin writers who pro-
fessed to have derived their informa-
ton from Indian merchants settled at
Alexandria. or from apocryphal en-
bassies supposed to have been dis
patched by Indian Kings to Roman
Emperors. In more than one of these
romances allusion is made to the load
stone islands in the Indian Ocean.
which were believed to draw iron bolte
out of ships at an incredible distance.
and which have been thus explained
by the fact that the seas in question
were navigated by vessels the planks
of which were bound together by ropes
and cord. without the use of nails and
boltA-Asiatic Quarterly Reuie,0.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
HOME, SWEET HOME.
A Beautiful Prose Poem by Row. JAMES
Freeman Clarke.

A Beautiful Prose Poem by Row. JAMES
Freeman Clarke.
True society begins in the home.
When two young people love each
other marry, they restore the picture
of the apostolic church. They are OF
one heart and one soul. Neither do
they say that any thing they possess is
their own. but they have all things in
common. Their mutual trust in each
other, their entire confidence in each
other, draws out all that is best in
both. Love is the angel who rolls
away the stone from the grave in
which we bury our better nature. and
it comes forth. Love makes all things
new; makes new heaven and new
earth; makes all cares light, all pain
easy. 1t is the one enchantment of
human life which realizes FOrtunio' 5
purse and Aladdin's palace and
turns the Arabian Nights into
mere prose in comparison.
Think how this old story
of love is repeated forever in all the
novels and romances and poems. and
how we never tire of reading about it.;
and how if there is to be wedding in
church all mankind go. just to have
one look at two persons who are sup
posed, at least, to he in love. and so
supremely happy. But this, also, is not
perfect society. 1t is too narrow, too
exclusive. 1t shows the power of devo-
ton. trust, self-surrcnder, that there is
in the human heart; and it is also a
prophecy of something larger that is
to come. But it is at least home, and
before real society can come. true
homes must come. AS in sheltered
nook in the midst of the great sea of
ice which rolls down from the summit
of Mont Blanc is found a little green
spot full of tender flowers, so. in the
shelter of home, in the warm atmos-
phere of household love. spring
up the pure affections of parent
and child; father, mother. son,
daughter; of brothers and sisters.
Whatever makes this insecure. and
divorce frequent, makes of marriage
not union for life, but an experiment
which may be tried as often as we
choose. and abandoned when we like.
And this cuts up by the roots all the
dear affections of home; leaves children
orphaned. destroys fatherly and
motherly love, and is a virtual dissolu.
ton of society. l know the great
difficulties Of the question. and how
much wisdom is required to solve
them. But whatever weakens the
permanence of marriage tends to dis.
solve society; for permanent homes
are to the social state what the little
cells are to the body. They are the
commencement of organic life, the
centers from which all organization
proceeds. - ReD. James Freeman
Clarke.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
EAST INDIAN MYTHS.

Where HerOdOtus and Other Ancient
Writers Found Their Fables.
The Greeks accepted, without hest
tation, the tales that were told of men
without noses. and with two orifices
above the mouth. for the purpose Of
breathing, which, it has been suggest
ed. may have been an unconscious
caricaturc of the Mongols. says a
writer referring to the fables of the old
Greek historians. The pigmies. only
three spans in height, who were
warred upon be cranes and by part
ridges as large as geese, may have
been dwarfish race. dwelling in
woods and at the foot of mountains.
who earned a precarious livelihood rs
bOwmen and trappers.
Bhotan people, whose ears are
enormously elongated by artificial
means. may have been represented rs
tribe whose ears reached to the
ground. and which were otherwise so
hung that their owners would coil
themselves up and go to sleep in them.
The swift runners who could run down
horse might have found their ana
iogues within quite n recent period
and may perhaps still find them in
some of the native states. The fable
of the gold-digging ant, rs large as
wild foxes. has been long since ex-
planned as referring to Thibetan min
ers. men of low stature. who inhabit
the mountainous country to the north
of Kashmir.
The animals mistaken for ants may
very well have been marmots, which
are said to be plentiful In those parts.
As for the monstrous shapes which no
traveller pretends to have cen with his
own eyes. they existed. no doubt in
bright colors on the inner walls Of
pagodas. and were intended to depict
the Rakshasas of demons. odious alike
to men and gods. Such was the proba-
BILE origin of the beings who were born
without mouths and lived on the
aroma of fruits and flowers; of those
whose feet were burned the wrong
way. the heels being in front, while the
instep and toes were behind; of those
who bore The head of dog and were
furnished with claws who lived by
hunting and fowling. and who clothed
themselves with the skins of wild
beasts; of those who had the ear of .
dog. erect hair and shaggy breasts and
with one eye in the center of the fore
head; finally of those without nostrilA
who devonred raw meat and all man
ner of abomination and died in their
youth. ungainly creatures with the
upper lip hanging over the lower. Ut
no greater Importance are the marvel-
Gus animals enormously delineated
rather than invented. such ~
serpenh with membranous wings.
that dew by night; horses with deers'
Asads surmouuted BY . black horn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
TRlCKERY IN SOAPS.
The Amount Of Water Which . Good
Toilet Article Should Contain.

The Amount of Water Which . Good
Toilet Article Should Contain.
Experience is necessary in the pur-
chase of fancy soaps" remarked a
dealer the other day. You are not
always sure that you are getting the
worth of your money. A good toilet
article should not contain more than
from nine to eighteen per cent of wa
ter. The inscriptions manufacturer
increases the amount of water in vari-
Gus ways. In some instances he forces
water into the soap as it hardcns after
the boiling it undergoes; in other
cases he mixes the water by mechanical
means into the soap; in third and
equally large class of cases he intro
duces some powerful chemical. such as
Gl auber's salts, which enables him to
introduce as much as seventy per
cent. of water. 1t is obvious. there
fore, that ten pounds of honest toilet
soap would contain nine pounds
if thoroughly dried. and that ten
pounds treated chemically would con-
tain less than three pounds. Nor is
the wrong confined to selling three
pounds for nine to the innocent pur-
chaser. The spurious soap is affected
by water five times as much as the
genuine. In the wash-bowl or bath
tub it dissolves visibly before the eye.
Where its honestly made rival can be
used fifty times, it only lasts ten. Il
left by accident in the water it dis
solves until the surrounding liquid IL
thick suds. There are soaps, of this
sort in the market which are adver-
tised Is frst-class and solo 1t high
prices. Have m eye on the man who
calls on you and pretends to give you
bargains by letting on that 1t is the
last of the lot and tempts you with .
quick falli ng scale Of prices Tie
perfume is there and the SNOWY wrap.
PEI. but it ID sixty per cent water IN
stead Of honest soap."-R&ilsdsspkis
CAL
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.


Sprinkle hellebore and water O
rose bushes to kill insects
The length of every field should be
from two to three times its width Tho
saving in blowing, cultivating and
harvesting is obv:ous.-Farm, Stocb
and Home.
Irregular feeding will do more to
cause cows to dry of than any other
method. while the practice of it is ex-
travagant inducing waste and loss Of
time. Christian at Work.
TO take grease out of velvet, pour
little turpentine over the spot then
rub briskly with piece of dry flannel
Hang the article in the air to remove
the smell.-Aothers Magazine.
There Is no way to prevent toads
getting into the well except to cement
over the earth around the well for q
circumference of six feet, and the
cover or top Of the well should be close
and tight
Pork Cake.-One pound of fat salt
pork chopped fine. one and one-haif
cups of boiling water poured over the
pork, two pounds of raisins, currants
and citron. two cups of sugar. eight
cups of flour, one tablespoonful Of
soda, and cloves and cinnamon to taste.
Household.
-Raspberries are an important fruit
for every garden. and the ease with
which they are cultivated recommends
them to every gardener. A few BUSH
es of this fruit will supply the farmer
with most delicious berry throughout
the summer season.-The Farmer and
Manufacturer.
Cream Carrots.--Cut in half-inch
bits one pint of carrots. Boil in just
enough sailed water to keep from
burning; when tender add one pint
milk or cream, one tablespoonful corn
starch, butter the size of an egg, salt
and pepper to season. Simmer five
minutes and serve very hot.-Boston
Budget.
Sheep and lambs are often dccep-
tive to the eye. A shOrt-legged, short
bodied sheep is often heavier, and will
produce more wool than one that looks
to be twice as large. Great coarse
looking sheep are not desirable, and if
one have them they should be coupled
with small, thick-set, heavily-built
rams. Troy Times.
"A continuance very useful in coll
ing up the wire fencing: A windlass is
firmly attached in the hind end of the
wagon, and when the wire to be wound
up is connected firmly with it. as it is
turned the wagon will be drawn or
rather backed along, winding the wire
very tightly upon the spindle. Some
one will need be on the ground to
guide the shafts in order that the wag-
on may be kept in the right line.-M
j. Ledger.